Pro Evolution Soccer 2016

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is a football simulation game. It is the fifteenth edition of the Pro Evolution Soccer series. The game features improved artificial intelligence, dynamic match weather, larger set of…

84 15 September 2015

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Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is a simulator developed by Konami, released 15 September 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is a simulator game developed by Konami and released in 2015. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Fox Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is a football simulation game developed by PES Productions and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It is the fifteenth edition of the Pro Evolution Soccer series and marks PES Productions' 20th year of producing football games. Marketed with the slogan of "Love The Past, Play The Future", The cover of the game features Neymar Jr. The name of the game has been changed from "World Soccer: Winning Eleven" to "Pro Evolution Soccer" in Asia, except Japan where it is titled "Winning Eleven". PES 2016 was succeeded by Pro Evolution Soccer 2017.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pro Evolution Soccer series

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 is the 64th of 93 entries we hold in the Pro Evolution Soccer series. The next entry was Pro Evolution Soccer 2016: 20th Anniversary Edition in 2015. Its critic score of 84 is 10 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International at 92.

See all 93 Pro Evolution Soccer games in release order →

How it was received

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Players rate it 77, 7 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 launched on 15 September 2015, within three weeks of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn and Mad Max. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Undertale, Until Dawn, Mad Max.

Cheats and codes

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